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Short Stories in French for Beginners

By: Olly Richards, Richard Simcott
Narrated by: Louis Bernard
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Publisher's Summary

Short Stories in French for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening.

What does this book give you?

  • Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making the process fun while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary.
  • Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently.
  • Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability.
  • Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying listening in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!'
  • Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way.

Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including:

  • A bilingual word list
  • Comprehension questions to aid your understanding
  • Full plot summary

As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying the stories, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in French for Beginners will make learning French easy and enjoyable.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our Desktop Site.

©2018 Olly Richards and Richard Simcott (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic Reviews

"Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" (Barbara Oakley, PhD, author of New York Times best seller A Mind for Numbers)

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Simple & Enjoyable (for Intermediate learner)

I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook. I personally have an upper intermediate level, but I started the intermediate version of the short stories in french audiobook and found it too difficult to follow, so I got the Beginners version. I could follow the plot quite easily, but still also learnt some words and phrases along the way. It does use simple vocabulary, and nothing too advanced, however you do still need to already have quite a large knowledge of french to be able to follow along with the audio. I imagine for ultimate beginners that just getting the audio will not be sufficient and probably will also require the hardcopy/eBook, because there will be a lot of words and tenses that are unknown. The book uses all the french tenses and modes.

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Not for levels A1 and A2.

These stories are not for levels A1 and A2. You have to have at least knowledge of B1 levels. There is no PDF of actual story and you cannot listen to the story and follow the text. The PDF actually offers short summary of the story, vocabulary and a quiz. The stories have no title and are not separated, so it is difficult to go back to the beginning of the story, or find where you left off last time.

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